When his wife became pregnant with their fourth child Greg panicked, but a focus on the family counselor put everything into perspective.

He said, the first thing you need to realize if kids are a blessing, or all of the

blessing, that their gifts from God, and the second thing you said was, kids value

relationships, not stuff. Greg and his wife found the encouragement they needed and today they have a happy thriving family of seven children.

We have been really influenced by the culture and by just the kind of overall negativity about kids and to hear from someone, you know,

just godly truth that kids are special, that they're wanted and that they're a blessing was huge to us.

I'm Jim Daly and we love kids.

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So what does your spouse do when he or she gets stressed out? I was talking to

somebody who said stress manifests itself physically and, like my wife can't hide,

she gets headaches and stomach aches.

And if she's stressed out about something,

she looks for something to do.

What can I tackle? What job can I take on? I'm John Fuller along with Dr.

Greg Smalley and his wife Aaron. They're the couple who run our marriage team

here at focus on the family. How do you to respond to stress? What happens?

I get short and cranky. I do too.

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